endangered-species

Trump Administration Considers Endangered Species Act Exemption to Support Oil and Gas Activities in Gulf of Mexico

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

GREAT FALLS, MONTANA — The Sierra Club has joined multiple conservation groups in suing the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. The lawsuit covers the dwindling species’ habitat in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, California, Utah and Wyoming.

House Committee Advances Bill To Remove Endangered Species Act Protections from Mexican Gray Wolves

Proposal from Rep. Gosar, HR 4255, would push critically endangered animal closer to extinction

380,000+ Oppose Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Endangered Species Act Protections

Proposed rules would undermine nation's most successful conservation law

House Passes Bill To Remove Gray Wolves From Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 211-204 to pass HR 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, which would strip protections from gray wolves across the continental U.S. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI), would remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. within 60 days, and would also deny judicial review of the delisting.

House Committee Advances Dangerous Bill That Would Rewrite Endangered Species Act Beyond Recognition

Proposal from Rep. Westerman would gut another bedrock environmental law

Advisory: D.C. Rally to Call Out Trump's Plan to Dismantle Endangered Species Act

Event at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18, outside Interior Department

Trump Administration Proposes Fundamentally Weakening Endangered Species Act with Harmful New Rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration is proposing to fundamentally weaken implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in ways that could bring imminent harm to imperiled species. If finalized, the rules would bias listing decisions with unreliable economic analyses, obstruct the ability to list new protected species, and make it easier to remove those now on the federal endangered or threatened list.

Sierra Club Statement on Ruling Stripping Endangered Bird Species of ESA Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court in Texas has granted the Trump administration’s request to remove protections for the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act.

Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation of Brian Nesvik to Lead U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to oversee the country’s wildlife agency. 

In a 54-43 vote, the Senate signed off on Brian Nesvik to run the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. His nomination had been advanced in a narrow, party-line vote in April, but had languished for months.

Sierra Club: Grizzly Bill Could Reverse Decades of Population Recovery

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee considered a bill that poses serious threats to the future of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

The Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), would legislatively strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Area from protections under the Endangered Species Act, and eliminate all judicial review.

ADVISORY: Congressional GOP Planning Anti-Grizzly Week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to kick off another round of attacks on the country’s imperiled wildlife.